The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-12

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"The Aim, Scope and Responsibilities of
the Sunday-school Work." by W. 7. Sher-
win of Boston, a report of the last interna-
tional convention and an address by. Will.
lam Reynolds of Peoria, ILL.,, president OF
the last international convention and one
of the most distinguished Sunday school
men of the nation. Addresses upon The
Work of the Sunday-school, )" How Shall
We Secure Spiritual Power in Sunday
school Work." and Temperance Work in
the Sunday-school," by Rev, G. II. De-
Bevoise of Keene, n. H., Rev. A. l.. Cooper
of Springfield and Mrs. Phebe S. Beeman
of Barre respectively, and the opening of
the "Question Drawer" will occupy the
time of the afternoon session, and in the
evening there will be an address by Mr..
Reynolds and one upon "The Duties of
Parents and Teachers to Children" by DR..
Hawes of Burlington. Friday morning
there will be devotional and business
meetings, an address upon "The Aim and
Preparation of the Teacher" by Rev. G;
H. DeBevoise, one upon Hearing and
Teaching" by Rev. G. S. Perkins of Lyn-
don and an opening of the Question
Drawer" The afternoon of Friday will be
occupied by a promise meeting and adj
dresses by Rev Richard Morgan of Bel
lows Falls upon " The Masters Use of the
Word ;" by Rev. j. l.. Sewall of Milton upon
" A Statistical Experiment" and by Will
lam Reynolds Parting words will be
spoken by Rev V. NJ. Hardy of West Ran
dolph Music, conducted by Professor w.
f. Sherwin of the New England Conserva-
tory, will have a prominent place in all
these exercises The people of West Ran
dolph extend the hospitality of entertain
ment to all members of the convention.
Application for entertainment should be
addressed to Mr.. A. A. Smith, West Ran
dolph At all stations on the Central Yer
mont railroad special round-trip tickets
will be sold for fare one way. These tickets
must be purchased at the station where dele
gates take the train.
The superiority of dynamite as an ex-
plosive for use in bomb-shells has long been
conceded, but until very recently all attempts
to manufacture shell which would permit
of being driven from an ordinary field
piece, with gunpowder as the projecting
force, have been unsuccessful. A pneu-
matte gun has been tried, but its range was
limited and the cost of its construction was
large, while the Shells upon striking any
object, were caused to burst by the concus-
sion. Mr.. b. ID. Stevens of Burlington has
recently found remedy for the difficulty
and has perfected shell which will with
stand both the shock of bursting gun
powder aud that caused when the shell
strikes the object of aim, and is only ex-
ploded when the accompanying fuse has
burned down to the charge. His invention
was exhibited in Montpelier yesterday, and
at the invitation of Acknowledgement 7. S.
Peck there were present to witness the test
Governor E. j. Ormsbee, Leutenant-gov-
ernor l.. X. Fuller, Quartermaster-genera
w. II. Gilmore, Brgadier-general W. l..
Greenleaf, Captain G. b. Reed L. S. A,
commandant of the garrison at Plattsburg,
Lieutenant Cummings, u: 5. A., of Burling-
ton, and Lieutenant Il. III. Catln, L. S. A,
of Northfield Major Wetmore of Brook
lyn, Lieutenant Hoyt Major Webb and
Colonel j. Harris Brooks of New York,
Colonel Crombe, Hon. G.. G.. Benedict,
General William Wells, DR.. Allen Bing-
ham, G. II. Hayward, II. S. Peck, Esq,
Major William Smith and Captain b. j.
Derby of Burlington, and Colonel Fred E.
Smith and Captain O. ID. Clark of Mont
pelier. A twelve-pound Napoleon was used
for the experiment and the charge consisted
of two and one-half pounds of powder and
! an ordinary case-shot shell, filed with
half pound of dynamite, the load being
made as in the case. of powder and ball.
| One shell was fired through target of two
inch plank to prove its power to withstand
concussion. Five shells were thrown across
| the valley to the hill north of. the Sabin
slate quarry and each exploded at the de-
sired point, the length of time elapsing being
governed by the length of the fuse In
June, at the invitation of the secretary OF
war and before an ordnance board of officers
OF the regular army, test OF Mr.. stevens
| invention was made at the government
occasion a seven-inch ritled gun was used
and the trial was equally as successful as
. that made here yesterday. The essential
points in the manufacture of these shells are
very properly not made public at present
| but they are of simple construction and
their use is in every respect practicable. 1t
would seem that Mr.. Stevens has struck
| bonanza He has been requested by the
government to repeat his test at Sandy
Hook and will do so in short time.
In one of the Lockport, n. V, dailies We
find the following notice of the Chinese
Students Company, which is to appear a.
Trinity vestry next week Wednesday even
ing under the auspices of the Woman's Re
lief Corps: "The novelty of the Chinese
entertainment given at the Methods
church last evening drew large audience
and all were highly entertained and in
structed. The Chinese students gave tn,
best idea of Chinese life that could be OBJ
tained short of visit to China. The lady
with feet only three inches long was truly
curious sight, and the Chinese baby was
bright little fellow who attracted much at
tention. The display of fancy articles wa
quite extensive. All went away feeling
that the evening. had been proftably and
pleasantly spent"
SEMINARY HILL.
RECEPTION was given Friday evening t,
the Band ana Adelphl societies. Inc attend
ance was large After listening to an inter
esting literary programme the guests par
took of ice-cream, cake, coffee and fruit
- A party of twenty-five went to Mid
dlesex Narrows Saturday afternoon on
pleasure trip A large number went to Ben
jamin Falls at the same time. - Georg
Hyde, "A former student, now missionary il
Mexico, gave lecture on that country il
Seminary chapel Monday evening, 80
Miss Addie Cobleigh has entered the ar
department.